Chuseok Road Trip

This week we enjoyed one of Korea's major holidays called Chuseok. We had 6 days to relax and I chose to take a road trip on my motorcycle to the northeast boarder DMZ. The ride went through some of South Korea's highest mountain ranges to the East Sea (Sea of Japan), south following the coast highway which has been recognized as a major highway in Asia and is officially Asian Highway 6 (AH6) and then back west through the mountains to Daejeon. The 1,100 kilometer trip took me four days to complete, about a day and a half were pretty rainy but not too bad.

Take time to look at the pictures and get a sense of the beautiful Korean mountains, city markets in small towns and the ocean along the coast highway. The city market in Goesan was too colorful to pass up and as you look at the pictures you will see why I had to spend a little time walking the path and enjoying a traditional Korean snack.

Wet September

Well, after one of the wettest August in Korean history, we have begun the month of September with what has to be one of the wettest first 14 days for the month. It did dry out enough to take in the annual Nangye and Grape Festival in Youngdong on the 4th. In fact for a day, it was actually bright and on the hot side, but you can see from the pics it was a good time for all that attended.

This weekend kicks off the annual Baekjae Kindom Festival held in Gongju and Buyeo. Pictures for that will be in the next entry. The middle school students took part in a Love-All-Serve-All (LASA) trip to the Nuri Center and got a little hands-on experience working with young people with various disabilities. Yes it rained most of the time but was a great experience for them.